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                                   1672
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, OTIS, LEMONDES -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the use of
   schoolhouses and grounds by not-for-profit dental clinics
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  414  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
   (L) FOR APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS.
   (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL MEAN:
   (A) "APPROVED SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC" MEANS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CLINIC THAT
 WILL  PROVIDE  SERVICES  DURING  SCHOOL HOURS AND/OR NON-SCHOOL HOURS TO
 SCHOOL-AGE AND PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN.
   (B) "SERVICES" MEANS DENTAL SERVICES AND SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  INSTRUC-
 TIONAL SERVICES UNLESS THE INDIVIDUAL IS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED TO TEACH.
   (C)  "SCHOOL"  MEANS  A  PUBLIC  SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR COUNTY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION BOARD.
   (II) HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  IN  APPROVED  SCHOOL
 DENTAL  HEALTH CLINICS SHALL BE DULY LICENSED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPTED  BY  LAW,  AND
 SHALL  BE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
 THEIR RESPECTIVE PRACTICE ACTS.
   (III) EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, THE COST OF  PROVIDING
 DENTAL  HEALTH SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT BE A CHARGE
 UPON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  BUILDING SPACE USED EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  SUCH  A
 CLINIC  SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING
 FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING BUILDING AID PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF
 SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 414 of the education law, as amended  by
 chapter 513 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01158-01-3
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   2.  The  trustees  or board of education shall determine the terms and
 conditions for such use which may include rental at least in  an  amount
 sufficient  to  cover  all  resulting expenses for the purposes of para-
 graphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (i), (j)  [and],  (k)  AND  (L)  of
 subdivision  one  of  this section. Any such use, pursuant to paragraphs
 (a), (c), (d), (h) [and],  (j)  AND  (L)  of  subdivision  one  of  this
 section,  shall  not  allow  the  exclusion of any district child solely
 because said child is not attending a district school or  not  attending
 the district school which is sponsoring such use or on which grounds the
 use is to occur.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.